| 38,684 (38,801) | 2,646 | 383 | (4.04) | 126 | 0 | Louise Penny was born in Toronto, Canada in 1958. She earned a Bachelor of Applied Arts (Radio and Television) from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (now Ryerson University) in 1979. Before she turned to writing mystery novels in 2004, she was a journalist and radio host for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in various cities across Canada for 25 years. She writes the Chief Inspector Gamache Novel series. She has won numerous awards including the New Blood Dagger, Arthur Ellis, Barry, Anthony, and Dilys awards for Still Life and the 2007 Agatha Award for Best Novel for A Fatal Grace. Louise's title, The Long Way Home, made the Hot Mystery Title's List for Summer 2014. Her titles The Nature of the Beast made The New York Times best seller list in 2015 and A Great Reckoning made The New York Times best seller list in 2016. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Still Life … (more) |
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Louise Penny has 29 past events. (show)  How the light gets in by Louise Penny discussion Murder and Mayhem Book Club: Join a group of people in reading and discussing great mysteries. This month’s selection is How the light gets in by Louise Penny. Anyone is welcome even if you haven’t read the book and would just like to listen in on the discussion. The program will be held in The North Wing at the Sun City Branch Library. (DoctorFate)
 Louise Penny Louise Penny will sign and discuss The long way home (Minotaur; $27.99). Louise Penny is The New York Times and Globe and Mail bestselling author of the novels featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. Her debut, Still Life, won the John Creasey Dagger and the Arthur Ellis, Barry, Anthony, and Dilys Awards, and was named one of the five Mystery/Crime Novels of the Decade by Deadly Pleasures magazine. Penny was the first author ever to win the Agatha Award for Best Novel four times—for A Fatal Grace, The Cruelest Month, The Brutal Telling (which also received the Anthony Award for Best Novel), and Bury Your Dead (which also won the Dilys, Arthur Ellis, Anthony, Macavity, and Nero Awards). Her most recent novel, A Trick of the Light, received an Independent Literary Award and was named one of the Best Crime Novels of 2011 by The New York Times, The Globe and Mail, and Publishers Weekly. Louise lives with her husband, Michael, in a small village south of Montréal.
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Location: Street: 2342 Bissonnet St Additional: City: Houston, Province: Texas Postal Code: 77005 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)
 Louise Penny: How the Light Gets In *at The First Parish Church* How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny Thursday, July 31st, 7:00pm at The First Parish Church Longfellow Books and the Portland Public Library present a book talk and signing with Louise Penny on Thursday, July 31st at 7:00pm at First Parish in Portland. Penny will speak about her most recent book in the Gamache series, How the Light Gets In. Ticket holders will receive 20% off one Louise Penny book at the event including a pre-order for the next book in the series, released in August. Click here to purchase tickets, they're going fast!
“Penny writes with grace and intelligence about complex people struggling with complex emotions. But her great gift is her uncanny ability to describe what might seem indescribable – the play of light, the sound of celestial music, a quiet sense of peace.” -New York Times Book Review
Join us for this exciting event with award-winning mystery writer, Louise Penny, hear her read and get your books signed. Listen to Louise talk about her upcoming book in the series and pre-order a copy! Join us for this exciting event with award-winning mystery writer, Louise Penny, hear her read and get your books signed. Listen to Louise talk about her upcoming book in the series and pre-order a copy!
Location: Street: One Monument Way City: Portland, Province: Maine Postal Code: 04101-4078 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)
 Manchester: Louise Penny "How the Light Gets In: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel" Tuesday, July 29th, 6 pm - Louise Penny will be at the Northshire for the official paperback launch of How the Light Gets In. Tickets will be available soon. Location: Street: 4869 Main St Additional: City: Manchester Center, Province: Vermont Postal Code: 05255 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)
 Fiction Book Group Still Life (Armand Gamache Series #1) by Louise PennyStill Life (Armand Gamache Series #1) by Louise PennyBook Group Read Still Life by Louise Penny and then meet the fiction group in the Cafe for a great discussion of this book. There will be no meeting in December, but the group will be meeting again in January. (added from Barnes & Noble)… (more)
 Book Discussion Group Join the Book Discussion Group as they talk about Still Life by Louise Penny. "Still Life" introduces an engaging series hero in Inspector Gamache, who commands his forces--and the series--with integrity and quiet courage. All are welcome! FMI contact the library at 284-4181. (eenerd)
 Saratoga Event: Louise Penny "How the Light Gets In: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel" The Northshire presents: An evening with Louise Penny, highly acclaimed author of the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels. Join us as Ms. Penny presents and discusses her latest installment to the Inspector Gamache series, How the Light Gets In. “Penny, elevating herself to the pantheon that houses P.D. James, Ruth Rendell and Minette Walters, demonstrates an exquisite touch with characterization, plotting and artistic sensitivity.' —Kirkus Reviews Venue: Holiday Inn, 232 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Doors open at 6 pm, event starts at 7, followed by a signing. Other titles by Louise Penny will be available for purchase at the event. Tickets on-sale: $35.00, ticket with book, one copy of How the Light Gets In and one seat. CLICK HERE TO BUY. All tickets must be paid for in advance. No one will be admitted without a ticket. How do you get your ticket and book? Stop by the store in Vermont or Saratoga Springs or order your tickets online at www.northshire.com. BUYING ONLINE? PLEASE READ CAREFULLY: Your invoice is your ticket. Your invoice will be emailed to you within 24 hours. Please print it out and bring with you to the event. If you do not receive an invoice, please contact Liz Barnum at lbarnum@northshire.com or 802-362-2200. If you are buying your ticket online and would like your book shipped please indicate in the order comment field. CAN'T MAKE IT TO THE EVENT? If you'd like a signed book from any of our author events, please call us at 800 437 3700 or click "add to cart" below (let us know in the "order comments" field to whom you'd like your book(s) personalized) to pre-pay and we'll have one or more copies signed and reserved for you. We ship anywhere in the United States and to most international locations (extra charges apply).
Location: Street: Holiday Inn Saratoga Springs Additional: 232 Broadway City: Saratoga Springs, Province: New York Postal Code: 12866 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)Event location: Holiday Inn, 232 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
 How the Light Gets In Meet New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny as she reads from her new mystery novel How the Light Gets In, from the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series. (added from Macmillan)
 MysteryPeople Presents: LOUISE PENNY - How the Light Gets In Tuesday, September 3 at 7PM MysteryPeople Presents New York Times Bestselling Author Louise Pennyspeaking & signing How the Light Gets In: An Inspector Gamache Novel Award-winning author Louise Penny is back with a brand new Chief Inspector Armand Gamacheand mystery! When Gamache receives a message from Myrna Landers that a longtime friend has failed to arrive for Christmas in the village of Three Pines, he welcomes the chance to get away from Quebec, where hostile forces are lining up against him. But is there peace to be found even in Three Pines, and at what cost to Gamache and the people he holds dear? Christmas is approaching, and in Québec it’s a time of dazzling snowfalls, bright lights, and gatherings with friends in front of blazing hearths. But shadows are falling on the usually festive season for Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. Most of his best agents have left the Homicide Department, his old friend and lieutenant Jean-Guy Beauvoir hasn’t spoken to him in months, and hostile forces are lining up against him. When Gamache receives a message from Myrna Landers that a longtime friend has failed to arrive for Christmas in the village of Three Pines, he welcomes the chance to get away from the city. Mystified by Myrna's reluctance to reveal her friend's name, Gamache soon discovers the missing woman was once one of the most famous people not just in North America, but in the world, and now goes unrecognized by virtually everyone except the mad, brilliant poet Ruth Zardo. As events come to a head, Gamache is drawn ever deeper into the world of Three Pines. Increasingly, he is not only investigating the disappearance of Myrna’s friend but also seeking a safe place for himself and his still-loyal colleagues. Is there peace to be found even in Three Pines, and at what cost to Gamache and the people he holds dear? Louise Penny is an award-winning journalist who worked for many years for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. She lives in a small village south of Montréal where she writes, skis, and volunteers. Her bestselling first mystery, Still Life, was the winner of the New Blood Dagger, Arthur Ellis, Barry, Anthony, and Dilys awards; and her second, A Fatal Grace, won the Agatha Award for Best Novel in 2008. Visit her website at www.louisepenny.com In order to have anything signed at a BookPeople event, a copy of the event book must be purchased from BookPeople. If you purchase your book from BookPeople in advance of the event, please save your receipt and present it at the event. Thank you for supporting Louise Penny, MysteryPeople and your local independent bookstore! Location: Street: 603 N Lamar Blvd City: Austin, Province: Texas Postal Code: 78703-5413 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)
 How the Light Gets In Meet New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny as she reads from her new mystery novel How the Light Gets In, from the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series. (added from Macmillan)
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Canonical name | | Legal name | | Other names | | Date of birth | | Date of death | | Burial location | | Gender | | Nationality | | Country (for map) | | Birthplace | | Place of death | | Cause of death | | Places of residence | | Education | | Occupations | | Relationships | | Organizations | | Awards and honors | | Agents | | Short biography | I'd like to tell you a little bit about myself. I was born in Toronto in 1958 and became a journalist and radio host with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, specializing in hard news and current affairs. My first job was in Toronto and then moved to Thunder Bay at the far tip of Lake Superior, in Ontario. It was a great place to learn the art and craft of radio and interviewing, and listening. That was the key. A good interviewer rarely speaks, she listens. Closely and carefully. I think the same is true of writers.
From Thunder Bay I moved to Winnipeg to produce documentaries and host the CBC afternoon show. It was a hugely creative time with amazingly creative people. But I decided I needed to host a morning show, and so accepted a job in Quebec City. The advantage of a morning show is that it has the largest audience, the disadvantage is having to rise at 4am.
But Quebec City offered other advantages that far outweighed the ungodly hour. It's staggeringly beautiful and almost totally French and I wanted to learn. Within weeks I'd called Quebecers 'good pumpkins', ordered flaming mice in a restaurant, for dessert naturally, and asked a taxi driver to 'take me to the war, please.' He turned around and asked 'Which war exactly, Madame?' Fortunately elegant and venerable Quebec City has a very tolerant and gentle nature and simply smiled at me.
From there the job took me to Montreal, where I ended my career on CBC Radio's noon programme.
In my mid-thirties the most remarkable thing happened. I fell in love with Michael, the head of hematology at the Montreal Children's Hospital. He'd go on to hold the first named chair in pediatric hematology in Canada, something I take full credit for, out of his hearing.
It's an amazing and blessed thing to find love later in life. It was my first marriage and his second. He'd lost his first wife to cancer a few years earlier and that had just about killed him. Sad and grieving we met and began a gentle and tentative courtship, both of us slightly fearful, but overcome with the rightness of it. And overcome with gratitude that this should happen to us and deeply grateful to the family and friends who supported us.
Eleven years later we live in an old United Empire Loyalist brick home in the country, surrounded by maple woods and mountains and smelly dogs.
There are times when I'm in tears writing. Not because I'm so moved by my own writing, but out of gratitude that I get to do this. In my life as a journalist I covered deaths and accidents and horrible events, as well as the quieter disasters of despair and poverty. Now, every morning I go to my office, put the coffee on, fire up the computer and visit my imaginary friends, Gamache and Beauvoir and Clara and Peter. What a privilege it is to write. I hope you enjoy reading the books as much as I enjoy writing them.  | |
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